Miyata 512 Competition Futura 18 Speed Road Bike Review

Japanese manufacturer of bicycles, unicycles, and fire extinguishers

Miyata Cycle Co., Ltd.

Native proper name	株式会社ミヤタサイクル
Type	Private (One thousand.K)
Manufacture	Leisure products
Founded	1890; 132 years agone  (1890)
Founder	Eisuke Miyata
Headquarters	Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki 210 - 0005 , Nippon
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Shinichiro Takaya (President)
Products	Bicycles Unicycles
Possessor	Morita Holdings Corporation (seventy%) Merida Bikes (thirty%)
Website	Official website
Footnotes / references [1] [two]

Miyata 710: a high-end Miyata from the belatedly 1970s

Miyata is a Japanese manufacturer of bicycles, unicycles and burn extinguishers ^{[ citation needed ]}. The company has been in operation since 1890. Miyata was also one of the offset producers of motorcycles in Nihon nether the name Asahi. The Asahi AA was the first mass-produced motorbike in Japan.^[3]

Miyata claims to have been the first Japanese manufacturer of flash-butt welded frame tubes (1946) and the first to use electrostatic painting (1950).^[4]

History [edit]

Miyata was founded by Eisuke Miyata (1840-1900), a bowyer and engineer from Tokyo who also fabricated components for rickshaws. Eisuke'south second son, Eitarō, apprenticed in a local munitions facility and later earned a degree in mechanical engineering from Kyoto University. In 1874, Eisuke moved the family to Shiba and in 1881 opened Miyata Manufacturing in Kyōbashi, Tokyo. The factory produced guns for the Imperial Japanese Ground forces including the Murata rifle, and knives for the Navy. In 1889, a foreigner visited Miyata to ask the gunmakers to repair his bicycle. The engineers repaired the bicycle, and the company began to repair bicycles as a side business concern.^{[three] : 31}

In 1890, Miyata opened a new factory in Kikukawa, and the company was renamed Miyata Gun Works. Eitarō manufactured the outset Miyata paradigm bicycle in 1890, using burglarize barrels produced at the mill. The early success of Miyata's bicycles was additional by a request in 1892 from crown prince Yoshihito (after Emperor Taishō) to build him a bicycle. Yet, Miyata halted production of bicycles to focus exclusively on arms industry during the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894-95.^{[three] : 31–32}

Nihon inverse its laws in 1900 to allow the import of strange rifles, and the subsequent flooding of the market with cheap imports hurt Miyata'south business badly. Upon Eisuke's death on 6 June, Eitarō converted the business entirely to wheel manufacturing, producing bicycles under the Asahi and Pāson brands. Miyata'southward unabridged production of Asahi bicycles was purchased by the Majestic Army until the end of the Russo-Japanese War in 1905.^{[3] : 31–32}

Automobiles [edit]

Miyata began developing automobile engineering in 1907. Miyata's first automobile, also named Asahi, debuted at the Kansai Prefectural Association Exhibition in 1910. The offset Asahi auto was a two-rider car with an air-cooled, ii-cylinder engine.^{[iii] : 33}

Motorcycles [edit]

Motorcycles gained popularity in Japan in the early years of the 20th century as foreigners began bringing British and High german machines to the land. The Japanese government officially allowed commercial import of foreign motorcycles first in 1909, creating a marketplace for businesses selling imported machines, equally well as domestic designs incorporating foreign components. Miyata produced the get-go all-Japanese motorcycle in 1913,^{[v] : 9} also under the Asahi name, based on a British Triumph design.^[6] Nevertheless, at the time motor vehicles were a luxury item and imported motorcycles were seen every bit stylish and desirable over locally made machines, and the Asahi sold fewer than xl units before product was discontinued in 1916.^{[5] : 9}

1952 Asahi Golden Beam motorcycle manufactured by Miyata

Over the next two decades, Japanese manufacturers caught upward to imported brands, and the ascension of motorsports and motor clubs made motorcycles more accessible to the Japanese public.^{[v] : 10} Miyata returned to motorbike product with the Asahi AA in 1933. The AA was the first mass-produced Japanese motorcycle,^[7] and was highly successful, leading to construction of a new plant at Kamata in 1938.^{[3] : 55} However, after the 2nd Sino-Japanese War bankrupt out in 1937 resource and materials for motorcycle construction became increasingly scarce, and in 1939 Miyata'south Kamata plant was converted past the government to produce components for military machine shipping.^{[3] : 56} The AA sold an estimated 40,000 units from 1933-39.^[7]

Miyata again resumed production of motorcycles after the Second World War. Through the 1950s the company released the HA and the Gilded Beam FA/2, both with a 249cc 4-stroke motor, as well as a model with a 344cc unmarried-cylinder motor, and various two-cylinder two-stroke motors.^{[8] [9]} Miyata manufactured its last motorcycles in 1964.^{[ citation needed ]}

Bicycles [edit]

Many say Miyata pioneered triple butting, and revolutionized frame building techniques. The offset Miyatas were bolt-upright town bikes. Over the decades, Miyata established a skillful foothold in the bicycle market place, condign contracted by multiple local brands to build their bicycles and ultimately attracting Panasonic Corporation to become a shareholder in 1959.^[10]

Panasonic Corporation, for a period the manufacturer of National and Panasonic make bicycles, was Miyata's largest shareholder from 1959 until 2008, when it sold its remaining pale in Miyata.^[11]

Miyata in the U.S. [edit]

Throughout the U.S. bicycle nail of the 1970s and into the 1980s, Miyata competed with American companies including Schwinn, Huffy, and Murray; European companies including Raleigh, Peugeot and Motobecane — as well as other nascent Japanese brands including Nishiki, Fuji, Bridgestone, Centurion, Lotus and Univega — whose bikes were manufactured past Miyata.^[12] Japanese-manufactured bikes succeeded in the U.South. market place until currency fluctuations in the late 1980s fabricated them less competitive, leading companies to source bicycles from Taiwan.

Models [edit]

Late 1970s to mid-1980s Miyata bikes have high-quality Japanese lugged steel frames and Shimano or Suntour components.^[13]

Miyata models carried numeric names (e.g., Miyata 710). By the tardily 1970s Miyata began using the same names, writing out the numeric names (eastward.chiliad., Miyata 7 Ten).

Generally,^{[ commendation needed ]} 90 and 100 serial were sports/entry level bicycles. 200 and 600 serial and the thousand model were touring bicycles, with the level of wheel increasing with outset digit in the series. In full general, a 200 series touring bicycle would be roughly equivalent to a 300 series competition/fitness bicycle in terms of component levels, frame materials and value. 300, 400, 500, 700, 900 series were mid-range competition/fitness bicycles — with the level of quality increasing with first digit in the series. The height line, pro series bicycles were named non-numerically (eastward.g., Team Miyata and Pro Miyata). 1000 serial and X000 series bicycles, with the notable exception of the g touring model, were competition/fitness models with non-ferrous frames.

Frequently (but not always) the last 2 digits of the model number indicated the number of bachelor gears, e.g., 912 was a 9-serial 12 speed and a 914 was a nine serial 14 speed.

• Miyata 9x: This was the bottom of the range, entry-level model. Triple butted tubing, Shimano/Suntour entry-level components.
• Miyata 1xx: Depression-level model aimed at the coincidental consumer. Chromoly triple-butted main tubes, hi-ten stays, toe clips/straps, available in both men's and mixte styles.
• Miyata 2xx: A popular lower-end touring model. 1984 catalogue indicated the 210 used straight-gauge tubing, Dia-Compe cantilever brakes and Shimano triple drive train. By 1985, the 210 featured triple-butted chromoly tubing in the frame, with a Mangalight fork. Later models used 700 wheels; earlier models used 27" wheels. Affix-ons on front and rear dropouts (no low-rider braze-ons in front end), cantis front and rear, horizontal rear dropouts, one canteen braze-on, rear rack braze-ons, and flat-pinnacle fork crown. There were also special models such as the 215ST (both traditional and mixte styles).
• Miyata 3xx: A mid-range road bike model from the "Semi-Pro" group, with Shimano 105 brakes, derailleurs, and shifters. The 105 was as well shown with an arrow-like graphic. The Miyata 310/312 had a shorter wheelbase than the touring models, but with clearance for fenders and wider tires and is sometimes called a "sport-touring" model (a comfy model for day rides and commuting). Features included double- or triple-butted Cr-Mo tubing (depending on twelvemonth), 525 Crown, SR CTD handlebars, and Araya rims. Earlier models had hi-tensile steel forks, merely later forks were "Mangalight" manganese blend. Some years are equipped with an "aero-style" shifters, mounted on a single brazed-on post on top of the down tube. ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Miyata 5xx Competition (part of the "Semi-Pro" group): A higher-end road wheel than the 310/312, with more than "aggressive" geometry.
• Miyata 6xx: A quality touring model, ane stride downward from the 1000, with slightly dissimilar frame geometry and lower level components. Mid-1980s 610s have triple-butted splined Chromoly frame tubing, an unusually high quality tubing and construction for its toll level. This bike is slightly lighter in weight than Trek 520/720 touring bikes, merely of similar quality.
• Miyata 7xx: A mid- to high-end route cycle from the "Semi-Pro" group. Early models had Suntour parts, including an odd three-wheel rear derailleur, possibly using the same frameset as the 910.
• Miyata 9xx: Miyata's loftier-end route bike from the "Semi-Pro" group, with Shimano 600 components.
• Miyata 1000: Touring bike with splined, triple-butted Chromo tubing. Some report the 610 to be stiffer than the yard. 1997 model had a mix of Shimano 600 and Deore XT parts (600 DT shifters, XT derailleurs). Noted bicycle dominance Sheldon Brown chosen the Miyata 1000 "perchance the finest off-the-shelf touring bike available at the time".^[xiv] The 1000 was marketed in the U.Southward. from the tardily 1970s and marketed in North America until about 1993.
• Miyata 1400: A high-end road bicycle sold only as a 1989 model with Shimano 600 components. It was college-end than the 914 that was sold in the same year. Unlike the aluminum 1400A, the 1400 used Miyata's CrMo triple-butted structure.
• Miyata Cantankerous: A top-of-the-line "cantankerous" bikes (which included the Alumicross, Quickcross, Sportcross, and Triplecross). The Alumicross was introduced in the late 1980s with standard-size aluminum principal tubes bonded to steel lugs and a Chromo fork. Seat and chain stays are steel, with the seat post binder bolt holding the seat stays to the seat post lug. The Quick, Sport, and Triplecross were triple-butted cromoly.
• Miyata Pro/Team/1200: These are the high-finish race ready models (Squad Miyata, Miyata Pro, etc.)

Today [edit]

The Miyata brand still exists and, while information technology is no longer distributed in the United States, information technology had until 2010 a joint venture with the Dutch Koga^{[15] [ failed verification ]} brand, a Dutch bicycle manufacturer, established in Heerenveen Netherlands, nether the proper noun Koga-Miyata. Koga is present^{[ when? ]} part of the Accell Group.

In late 2011, Miyata announced plans to once once more sell bicycles under its own Miyata Japon make.^[16] Its new frames were based on the Koga Miyata frame on which Peter Winnen won the Alpe d'Huez stage of the 1981 Tour de France.^[17] Each custom-ordered frame was to be mitt-congenital and made with Miyata'southward traditional chromoly steel procedure, featuring Campagnolo components, at its Chigasaki factory.^[18]

Encounter also [edit]

• Listing of Japanese bicycle brands and manufacturers
• Univega

References [edit]

1. ^ "Visitor Contour". Miyata Cycle. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
2. ^ "Company Overview". Bloomberg Fifty.P. Retrieved Feb seven, 2019.
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} Alexander, Jeffrey W (2008). Japan'southward Motorcycle Wars: An Manufacture History. Vancouver, BC: UBC Press. ISBN978-0-7748-1453-9.
4. ^ 1981 Miyata catalog (USA)
5. ^ ^{a b c} Walker, Mick (2002). Mick Walker'southward Japanese Grand Prix Racing Motorcycles. Redline Books. ISBN0-953-1311-8-one.
6. ^ Long, Brian (2007). Mazda MX-5 Miata: The Book of the World's Favourite Sportscar. Veloce Publishing. p. 38. ISBN978-1-84584-043-iii.
7. ^ ^{a b} "Asahi AA Motorcycle". 240 Landmarks of Japanese Automotive Applied science. Lodge of Automotive Engineers of Nippon. Archived from the original on July 18, 2017. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
8. ^ Hicks, Roger (2006). Die internationale Enzyklopädie (in German). Stuttgart: Motorbuch-Verlag. ISBN978-3-613-02660-five.
9. ^ Ewald, S (1999). Enzyklopädie des Motorrads (in German language). Augsburg: Bechtermünz Verlag. ISBN3-8289-5364-6.
10. ^ 日本自動車百年史 [100 years of Japanese History before Car] (in Japanese). Archived from the original on Dec 17, 2010.
11. ^ "Panasonic to Sell Stake in Bicycle Maker Miyata". Japancorp.internet. Archived from the original on Apr v, 2012.
12. ^ RoadBike Review'south Forum Archives
13. ^ "Miyata Info". smasher.internet. Archived from the original on May 26, 2009. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
14. ^ Brown, Sheldon. Allen, John (ed.). "Japanese Bicycles in the U.S. Market place". Retrieved November 26, 2017.
15. ^ Koga
16. ^ "Miyata: Japanese route bicycle legend re-born". cyclingiq.com. January 26, 2012.
17. ^ "68ème Tour de France 1981". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on January 21, 2012.
18. ^ "日本の伝説のロードバイクが今、蘇る。本物が持つレトロ感「THE MIYATA」" [Japanese legendary road wheel revived]. GQ Japan (in Japanese). Jan 24, 2012. Retrieved November 23, 2017.

External links [edit]

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